Boats and ships (1788 Subjects)
Panoramic view of Istanbul, with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosques of Sultan Ahmed I and Süleyman I.
View of the walls of Baghdad. Down to the 19th century, Baghdad was often, yet erroneously, identified with ancient Babylon. Recent excavations showed, however, that Babylon stood on the opposite shore of Tigres river.
Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.
Dutch ship in which the author sailed from India to China. On the right, the emblem of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie).
Carriages with livestock and other provisions leave Hanoi. They are destined to feed the soldiers and other followers of the funeral procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).
Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.
View of the Cimmerian Bosporus or Strait of Kerch (where the Black Sea joins the Sea of Azov). On the bottom right, Taman volcano, surnamed Prekla (hell) by the locals.
View of the bay of Balaklava near Sebastopol, Crimea. In the background, the remains of the Genoese fortress.
View of Snake Island at the Black Sea. According to the myth, this is were Thetis took the bodies of Achilles and Patroclus.
